It pays to make software. Programmers and software engineers are among the most coveted jobs in Silicon Valley, as their salaries fetch for hundreds of thousands of dollars at the biggest tech ...

How much can a programmer get paid? Our reporter went on a quest to document the high-end salary range for programmers, including the highest verifiable salary. Here's what he found out.

The latest survey from Salary Services Limited (SSL) has revealed the software skills most in demand in the latest quarter of 2011.